MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Gus Varland
Gus Varland
WSH · P
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Portrait of Pierce Johnson
Pierce Johnson
CIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Pierce Johnson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Pierce Johnson wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Gus Varland wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gus Varland
95.1
Pierce Johnson
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
11.3%
Pierce Johnson
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gus Varland
20.4%
Pierce Johnson
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gus Varland
33.5%
Pierce Johnson
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
48.9%
Pierce Johnson
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gus Varland
13.8%
Pierce Johnson
14.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gus Varland
.367
Pierce Johnson
.381
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Gus Varland
2.944.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.09
3.74
Pierce Johnson
2.944.42
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.27
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Gus Varland
1.101.68
now 1.55
1.25
Pierce Johnson
1.101.68
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gus Varland
4037.60
now 20
27
Pierce Johnson
4037.60
now 20
32
Winshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0005.20
now 1
12
Pierce Johnson
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Gus Varland
.0009.40
now 4
47
Pierce Johnson
.0009.40
now 1
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeGus Varland — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPierce Johnson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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